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we also have a lot of concerned members about defense. the next hit from this sequester was going to hit solely on the military. starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we are doing here is providing for some sequester relief for 2014 and for 2015. and we're paying for that with more permanent reforms on the auto pilot side of the spending ledger in excess of the sequester relief results in any of deficit reduction. that to me is a good deal. >> [inaudible] it looks as if this represents an agreement between the two of you versus an agreement that you can get through both chambers. [inaudible] >> i can tell that you i've been in close contact with my leadership and a number of members as we've worked through this issue. i expect that chairman ryan and my job will be the shame, as we leave here tonight. which is to talk to everybody about our deal and to work to get the vote. i'm confident that we won't have 100% of the senate or 100% of the house. this is a bipartisan deal. we have both had to move to
we also have a lot of concerned members about defense. the next hit from this sequester was going to hit solely on the military. starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we are doing here is providing for some sequester relief for 2014 and for 2015. and we're paying for that with more permanent reforms on the auto pilot side of the spending ledger in excess of the sequester relief results in any of deficit reduction. that to me is a good deal. >>...
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because i have been on both sides as minister of defense and now as president. we have advanced in the peace others much more than any moment in our history. we have had many attempts to make peace after 50 years of war. firstaged to negotiate the agenda that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed 50% of what you need and we did that. we did that more than a year ago. we negotiated five points in the agenda. we have agreed on two of those five points. we have made an agreement on what to do with our rural areas and how to develop them. this is extremely important -- ase the guerrillas rural guerrilla was born there. they grew their. for them this issue is very important. we are to have an agreement on that point. is second important points political participation. how are they going to participate in politics? what will the transition be from bullets to boats? vote votes? too ?rom arms to arguments how will we open this space for them? colombian democracy needed this anyway. progress in strengthening our democ
because i have been on both sides as minister of defense and now as president. we have advanced in the peace others much more than any moment in our history. we have had many attempts to make peace after 50 years of war. firstaged to negotiate the agenda that is a major step in any process to end conflict. if you agree on the agenda, you have agreed 50% of what you need and we did that. we did that more than a year ago. we negotiated five points in the agenda. we have agreed on two of those...
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. >> it is self-defense. you have a guy who will steal every last job from you if they can. rick perry -- he is glad they are up here right now. while we are up here talking, he had his people on the phone to ohio and oklahoma stealing their jobs. >> we fish where the fish are. and generally speaking, i am spending a lot more time in california or illinois and new york than i am in oklahoma. >> we just beat him in football. [laughter] >> you know how to hurt a person, mary. >> but listen to talk to you about the pro-business environment and see what governor perry has been doing for over a decade. there was a great moment when mikael gorbachev was talking to the canadian prime mr. mulroney and gorbachev said don't lecture me on your capitalism and your nterprise. mulroney said i'm not going to lecture you. do you think i want competition? that sort of competition, you don't care if you -- you don't care if california and jerry brown straighten it out. >> i want tell -- to be successful because they are so important to our country, but you're not going to be better, whether y
. >> it is self-defense. you have a guy who will steal every last job from you if they can. rick perry -- he is glad they are up here right now. while we are up here talking, he had his people on the phone to ohio and oklahoma stealing their jobs. >> we fish where the fish are. and generally speaking, i am spending a lot more time in california or illinois and new york than i am in oklahoma. >> we just beat him in football. [laughter] >> you know how to hurt a person,...
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there is no way to get a defense bill passed. there is no way we can bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments. pass a bill. go to conference with the house. adaptedonference report by the house of representatives before friday. under the circumstances the only way that we will be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement with our house counterparts on a bill that has a chance of getting past without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that we have. it has happened a couple times before. it is not the way we desire to legislate. we would have much more than a week to offer amendments. that is not the world we now live in. we have troops in harms way. all these other provisions that are critical for security. authorities will expire. and: that was senator levin the senate talking about the deal that was announced yesterday. we are joined by congressman john garamendi, a member of the house armed services committee. saw this deal as a place to push for new sanctions on iran. do y
there is no way to get a defense bill passed. there is no way we can bring back the bill that was on the senate floor. consider amendments. pass a bill. go to conference with the house. adaptedonference report by the house of representatives before friday. under the circumstances the only way that we will be able to pass the defense bill is by reaching agreement with our house counterparts on a bill that has a chance of getting past without amendment in both houses. that is the best hope that...
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it would give defense more money than was anticipated. defense would suffer some sequester. this deal does not involve extending unemployment insurance and new revenue. yourwondering if you in caucus over there, whether or not you would be willing to support such a heel for defense, even if it did not include revenue, even if it did not include money for extending unemployment insurance. >> is not an insignificant increase because the sequestration levels for all discretionary is 957 billion. if you get it up to trillion -- 43 million that is a increase -- 43 billion increase. while it is not exactly something i would want, it is certainly better than living under government shutdowns in acr. presented adamor smith on our newsmakers program tomorrow at 10:00 and 6:00. you can also see it on our website. the secretary of state john kerry is speaking this afternoon in washington dc at the brookings institution, talking about issues related to the middle east. you can see that live today at four clock. to addressbama set the same crowd earlier in the afternoon. go to our websit
it would give defense more money than was anticipated. defense would suffer some sequester. this deal does not involve extending unemployment insurance and new revenue. yourwondering if you in caucus over there, whether or not you would be willing to support such a heel for defense, even if it did not include revenue, even if it did not include money for extending unemployment insurance. >> is not an insignificant increase because the sequestration levels for all discretionary is 957...
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>> first of all, the first part of the question, as you may know i do criminal defense work. i would never go to prosecute and say i want your prosecutorial discretion to say that the entire class of which my client belongs cannot be subject to this law because prosecutors look at me and say, are you insane? i am not congress. so i wouldn't even raise the question. in terms of where we go from here, i'm not too sure because the great concern i have for this body is that it's not only being circumvented, but it is also being denied the ability to enforce its inherent powers. many of these questions are not close in my view. at present is outside the line. but it has to go in front of the court and the court has to grant review. and that's what we have the most series constitutional crisis iv in my lifetime. and that is, this body becoming less and less relevant. >> with that i would recognize the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. >> i think the majority and minority, mr. conyers, for holding is to let me thank the witnesses. whenever witnesses come before our body, it is
>> first of all, the first part of the question, as you may know i do criminal defense work. i would never go to prosecute and say i want your prosecutorial discretion to say that the entire class of which my client belongs cannot be subject to this law because prosecutors look at me and say, are you insane? i am not congress. so i wouldn't even raise the question. in terms of where we go from here, i'm not too sure because the great concern i have for this body is that it's not only...
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we do not know why the chinese took the opportunity to declare this air defense some. my own view is china believes it now has strength that entitles it to the same privileges as the united states, and it is going to assert them. i think there is thought in beijing the united states is distracted and preoccupied with foreign problems and domestic problems, that now is the time to move. that might be one reason. chineser might be the wanted to assert their claim over these islands or strengthen that claim. i think that is true. the secretary also mentioned military to military relations. i think it is true u.s.-china military to military relations in the last year has greatly improved. we recently had a humanitarian joint military exercise near which represented a significant step forward in our bilateral military to military relations. underneath, i am not as confident as i would like to be. around the pla looks world and says, where might we get into a major power conflict and who would be the adversary? the united states is probably the answer in most cases. when the
we do not know why the chinese took the opportunity to declare this air defense some. my own view is china believes it now has strength that entitles it to the same privileges as the united states, and it is going to assert them. i think there is thought in beijing the united states is distracted and preoccupied with foreign problems and domestic problems, that now is the time to move. that might be one reason. chineser might be the wanted to assert their claim over these islands or strengthen...
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department of state and department of defense from providing military aid to foreign military and police forces that engage and violate human rights. and he never stops leading on an issue central to our mission at human rights first, and that is refugee protection. he is the chief sponsor of the refugee protection act, which would eliminate useless hurdles that prevent persecuted refugees from receiving safe haven. at human rights first we have also teamed up with senator leahy to fight for counterterrorism policies that respect human rights. in 2009, he called for the creation of an independent commission to investigate our own government's use of torture in the post-9/11 era. unfortunately, that has not come to pass yet. senator leahy has a strong record of success because he is both a determined pregnant just s isan idealist who' less interested in making a statement and making change. he is willing and able to work with republicans on human rights and a bunch of other issues. he and senator rubio are in the process right now of trying to get the reauthorization of the trafficking th
department of state and department of defense from providing military aid to foreign military and police forces that engage and violate human rights. and he never stops leading on an issue central to our mission at human rights first, and that is refugee protection. he is the chief sponsor of the refugee protection act, which would eliminate useless hurdles that prevent persecuted refugees from receiving safe haven. at human rights first we have also teamed up with senator leahy to fight for...
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the issue is also the national defense reauthorization act. for the first time 51 years, congress may not pass this resolution. that further complicates what we are trying to do here. >> of alternate measures for the budget are adopted, would are the implications? will serve programs be cut back severely? that's not initially. we're going to make sure that our forces are ready to deploy and maintain our presence. that will remain true. the way i look at sequestration and i have said this, for about 3-4 years, it creates a readiness problem. you cannot shed infrastructure and reduce weapons systems early in that. . the only place you can go to get the money is in readiness training. is that the depth of the cut where we begin to lose that that debt. we still have 12 men on the team, but only about eight of them are trained away we wanted to be trained in order to be competitive. we only havend, eight players, not 12. >> two more afghanistan questions. the u.s. has been encouraging what is the-- actual no turning back time that you need, assumin
the issue is also the national defense reauthorization act. for the first time 51 years, congress may not pass this resolution. that further complicates what we are trying to do here. >> of alternate measures for the budget are adopted, would are the implications? will serve programs be cut back severely? that's not initially. we're going to make sure that our forces are ready to deploy and maintain our presence. that will remain true. the way i look at sequestration and i have said this,...
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that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. -- budget cuts. if we can maintain those cuts, that is a step in the right direction and if we can do something about rolling back obama care, we will see some progress. there are enrollment error stories, talking about the number signing up. what are your concerns on the technical aspect of the website? guest: it is not a failed website, it is a failed health care approach. can washington improve our health care system? they are welcome to. are the white house as they operating with free-market efficiency, i think he admitted that maybe the government should not be running this hold health care s
that is the amount of cuts to the defense budget for the sequester. it is just initial discussions. at the end of the day obama care is not working well. the website will eventually get up and running at the end of the day. those kind of problems will continue no matter what happens on the budget discussion. our other republicans of your mindset or with many of them tried to do what we saw a few months ago? guest: the sequester is the big issue. that was small budget costs -- what it cuts. --...
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attorney, martin's defense attorney, his probation officer, and a v.a. justice outreach specialist from the v.a. center, he began a program at the salem v.a. group treatment sessions read he also met with a vocational rehab counselor to address his need for employment. hismonths into participation in veterans treatment court, barton was hired as a sprinkler system installer ---- martin was hired as a sprinkler system installer. he said this was a boost his self-esteem and his sobriety. veterans treatment court lasted six months, during which he completed his substance abuse treatment and maintained his bridie and employment. judge six months, the presented him with a challenge colin, symbolizing his graduation from his court. employed,in remains has maintained a sobriety, and has had no further run-ins with the law. he has been promoted three times and received the performance bonus from his employer, and he has reconnected with his ex- wife. martin says of his arrest and its aftermath, a treatment court changed my life. the court was not against me. the
attorney, martin's defense attorney, his probation officer, and a v.a. justice outreach specialist from the v.a. center, he began a program at the salem v.a. group treatment sessions read he also met with a vocational rehab counselor to address his need for employment. hismonths into participation in veterans treatment court, barton was hired as a sprinkler system installer ---- martin was hired as a sprinkler system installer. he said this was a boost his self-esteem and his sobriety. veterans...
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in addition, i do not see on there the defense authorization bill. i know that's not the majority leader's -- we passed the defense authorization bill through here. i'm hopeful that the senate will move on that. intelligence authorization. the senate has passed, mr. speaker, a comprehensive immigration reform bill. they passed it with 68 votes. we are very disappointed on this side of the aisle that either the senate bill has not been put on the floor. our bill, h.r. 15, which is a bipartisan bill which there are republican sponsors of that bill, or a bill that has -- one of the bills, one of the four bills that's been reported out of the committee which was supported by the republican party in the judiciary committee and reported out four bills, they have not been brought to the floor. we believe that comprehensive immigration reform is a critically important action for this congress to take this year, now. we have options available. we would hope that any one of those four -- three options would be brought to the table, or if you count four bills,
in addition, i do not see on there the defense authorization bill. i know that's not the majority leader's -- we passed the defense authorization bill through here. i'm hopeful that the senate will move on that. intelligence authorization. the senate has passed, mr. speaker, a comprehensive immigration reform bill. they passed it with 68 votes. we are very disappointed on this side of the aisle that either the senate bill has not been put on the floor. our bill, h.r. 15, which is a bipartisan...
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it is not a matter of taking offense or defense but making it work. the launch was not as good as some people would like. clearembers still are not on how to go about the process of applying. we are going to make sure they can ultimately see the fruits of this new health security launch. for us it is about making it work and making sure americans seek your that quality of affordable health insurance that guarantees them they will not face what americans have faced in the past. half of all personal bankruptcies in this country were due to a medical bill because the family was unable to cover the cost of going to the hospital. now you have access to health insurance, good, quality health insurance, you will not have to worry about that. offense or defense? it does not make a difference to us. it is about making it work. we will continue to make it work instead of dismantling it. about evening americans more quality in their lives. >> what is going to change is people's lives. i am not being critical of journalists, not in this instance. when traffic pas
it is not a matter of taking offense or defense but making it work. the launch was not as good as some people would like. clearembers still are not on how to go about the process of applying. we are going to make sure they can ultimately see the fruits of this new health security launch. for us it is about making it work and making sure americans seek your that quality of affordable health insurance that guarantees them they will not face what americans have faced in the past. half of all...